Month: July 2010

The new Pretzel M&M’s take center stage as once again “We Try it So You Don’t Have To.” With the promise of added saltiness and a complementary crunch, where could this candy go wrong? Well, let me tell you . . .

Day 2 at the Landmark Forum: the instructor asked if I was getting anything out of the class. It couldn’t have been more awkward as I tried to tell her nicely that the whole thing seemed like horseshit. But then Groupthink began to settle in, and with it some truly dramatic events.

Americans are increasingly coming around to a frugal way of thinking when it comes to drinking. Alcohol dollars spent outside the home are down, and home consumption is up. Let’s celebrate this rather ‘spiritual’ zeitgeist.

The Renaissance Faire can be odd and wonderful and welcoming and encompassing all at once. You can experience its history and more through an extremely charming documentary called ‘Faire: An American Renaissance.’ Producer/director Doug Jacobson was kind enough talk with us about the film.

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’ had such promise based on the trailer. But in this dreamscape-laden film, where realities are nested like Russian babushka dolls, perhaps that promise is not quite fulfilled.

Eugene Ahn, a.k.a. Adam WarRock, describes himself (or at least his lyric-spittin’, mad-rhyming alter ego) as a “geek emcee.” It may be accurate, but it by no means encompasses the many aspects of the 29-year-old Metro Washington, D.C. resident.